Holiday period opening hours
Over the holiday season, some of our facilities will be closed or have reduced hours.
In 2016 NPDC purchased Te Kohia Pā, a significant historic site. Te Kohia Pā in Waitara was built in 1860 by Wiremu Kīngi Te Rangitāke and his followers. It was attacked by British Forces on 17 March 1860, marking the start of the First Taranaki Land War. The pā was known for its innovative covered trenches - a feature first used at Ruapekapeka in the Northern Land Wars in the 1840s, then refined at Te Kohia and replicated in the design of other pā fortifications.
I te tau 2019 i tīmata ngā mahi whakamahere i te whenua. Ka rauhītia ngā māngai o te Kaunihera ā-rohe o Ngāmotu rātou ko Te Kotahitanga o Te Ātiawa, ko ngā hapū o Manukorihi, o Otaraua, o Pukerangiora me Te Papa Atawhai hoki. Kua whakamanangia te wāhi o te pā, ā, e whakaritea ana tētehi rangahau. Kua whakawāteangia e Te Kaunihera ā-rohe o Ngāmotu te $300,000 mō te rangahau nei, ā, ka tohaina te $200,000 mai i waho atu. Ko tā te rangahau mahi he whakatau i ngā āhuatanga kia pai ai te takatū i tētehi whare rūnanga mō te motu e pā ana ki ngā manakohi, ki ngā whakaaturanga me ngā tikanga toi; waihoki ko ngā toa hokohoko hoki i runga.
I tūwhera te wāhanga tuatahi o te ara hīkoi i te tahatai o Ngāmotu i te kaupeka o Hakihea, i te tau 2001. E whakaaro ana Te Kaunihera o Ngāmotu ki te tāpiri i te āhua whitu kiromita ki te ara hīkoi, mai i te rohe o Puketapu ki Waitara. Mā te ara nei e whai wāhi ai ngā tāngata ki te mātai i te huatau o ngā papa whenua, te hipa i ngā pā tawhito me te pānui hoki i ngā papa kōrero i te wā o ngā mātua tūpuna, waihoki ngā āhuatanga i papā ki te āhua o te hapori i hēnei rā.
Ka mahi tahi Te Kaunihera o Ngāmotu ki te taha o ngā hapū o Puketapu rātou ko Manukorihi, ko Otaraua, me te whakapiri anō hoki ki te taha o Waka Kotahi NZTA me te Papa Rererangi i Puketapu ki te whakawhanake i tēnei kaupapa. Ka whai wheako hoki ngā kainoho me ngā manuwhiri, i te kūtoronga ara hīkoi i tahatai.
He hui ahurei nui whakahirahira a Te Matatini, arā, te tino huihuinga toi whakaari Māori matua i tēnei ao. I ia rua tau, tū ai te hui nei, ā, ka kaikā ngā kaihaka, hō rātou whānau me te kāhui pikoko ki te ao Kapa Haka, huri i te ao, ki tēnei kaupapa. He huihuinga mā te whānau, auahi kore me te waipiro kore, me te aha e rāhiritia ana ngā tāngata katoa, ki te rongo i te ihi, i te wehi, me te tapu o te ao Kapa Haka.
Hei te tau 2022, ka tū te hui nei ki Tāmaki Makaurau, ā, ko tōna tikanga mā Aotea (Taranaki/Whanganui) hei hautū i te hui, hei te tau 2024. Ka whai rautaki Te Kaunihera o Ngāmotu ki tō ngā iwi taha, kia pakari ai tā mātou tono ki te hautū i te hui whakahirahira nei, i te rohe o Ngāmotu, e whai hua nui ai te rohe me hōna pākihi.
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